Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (China-rose)
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Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
Preferred Common Name
- China-rose
International Common Names
- Spanish: cucarda
- French: Rose de Chine
Local Common Names
- Germany: Chinesischer Rosen- Eibisch; Chinesischer Roseneibisch
- Italy: Rosa della China
- Netherlands: heemstroos, Chineese
EPPO code
- HIBRS (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Angiospermae
- Class: Dicotyledonae
- Order: Malvales
- Family: Malvaceae
- Genus: Hibiscus
- Species: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Distribution Table
Top of pageThe distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.
Last updated: 21 Jul 2022Continent/Country/Region | Distribution | Last Reported | Origin | First Reported | Invasive | Reference | Notes |
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Africa |
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Benin | Present | Introduced | |||||
Burkina Faso | Present | Introduced | |||||
Cabo Verde | Present | Introduced | |||||
Cameroon | Present | Introduced | |||||
Côte d'Ivoire | Present | Introduced | |||||
Egypt | Present | ||||||
Equatorial Guinea | Present | Introduced | |||||
Kenya | Present | Introduced | |||||
Liberia | Present | Introduced | |||||
Malawi | Present | Introduced | |||||
Morocco | Present | ||||||
Réunion | Present | Introduced | |||||
Tanzania | Present | Introduced | |||||
Tunisia | Present | ||||||
Uganda | Present | Introduced | |||||
Zimbabwe | Present | Introduced | |||||
Asia |
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Armenia | Present | Introduced | |||||
Azerbaijan | Present | Introduced | |||||
Bangladesh | Present | Introduced | |||||
British Indian Ocean Territory | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
China | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
-Fujian | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
-Guangdong | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Guangxi | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
-Hainan | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
-Henan | Present | ||||||
-Shandong | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Sichuan | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Yunnan | Present | Introduced | |||||
Georgia | Present | Introduced | |||||
Hong Kong | Present | Introduced | |||||
India | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Andhra Pradesh | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Arunachal Pradesh | Present | ||||||
-Assam | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Bihar | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Goa | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Gujarat | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Haryana | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Himachal Pradesh | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Jammu and Kashmir | Present | ||||||
-Karnataka | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Kerala | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Madhya Pradesh | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Maharashtra | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Odisha | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Punjab | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Rajasthan | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Tamil Nadu | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Tripura | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Uttar Pradesh | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Uttarakhand | Present | Introduced | |||||
-West Bengal | Present | Introduced | |||||
Indonesia | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Java | Present | Introduced | |||||
Iran | Present | ||||||
Japan | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Honshu | Present | ||||||
-Kyushu | Present | ||||||
-Ryukyu Islands | Present | Introduced | 1950 | ||||
-Shikoku | Present | ||||||
Malaysia | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Peninsular Malaysia | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Sabah | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Sarawak | Present | Introduced | |||||
Maldives | Present | Introduced | |||||
Nepal | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
Pakistan | Present | Introduced | |||||
Philippines | Present | Introduced | 1903 | ||||
Saudi Arabia | Present | ||||||
Singapore | Present | Introduced | Cultivated, casual | ||||
South Korea | Present | ||||||
Sri Lanka | Present | Introduced | |||||
Taiwan | Present | Introduced | |||||
Thailand | Present | Introduced | |||||
Turkey | Present | ||||||
Europe |
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Bulgaria | Present | ||||||
Croatia | Present | ||||||
Denmark | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
France | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
Germany | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
Greece | Present | Introduced | |||||
Italy | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
-Sicily | Present | ||||||
Netherlands | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
Portugal | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
-Azores | Present | Introduced | 1985 | ||||
Romania | Present | ||||||
Spain | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
-Canary Islands | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
North America |
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Antigua and Barbuda | Present | Introduced | 1938 | ||||
Bahamas | Present | Introduced | |||||
Barbados | Present | Introduced | 1906 | ||||
Belize | Present | Introduced | |||||
British Virgin Islands | Present | Introduced | |||||
Cayman Islands | Present | Introduced | |||||
Costa Rica | Present | Introduced | 1881 | ||||
Cuba | Present | Introduced | 1895 | ||||
Dominican Republic | Present | Introduced | 1921 | ||||
El Salvador | Present | Introduced | 1921 | ||||
Guadeloupe | Present | Introduced | 1893 | ||||
Guatemala | Present | Introduced | 1890 | ||||
Haiti | Present | Introduced | 1925 | ||||
Honduras | Present | Introduced | 1886 | ||||
Jamaica | Present | Introduced | Roadside, escaped | ||||
Martinique | Present | Introduced | 1932 | ||||
Mexico | Present | Introduced | 1882 | ||||
Montserrat | Present | Introduced | |||||
Nicaragua | Present | Introduced | |||||
Panama | Present | Introduced | 1923 | ||||
Puerto Rico | Present | Introduced | 1886 | ||||
Trinidad and Tobago | Present | Introduced | 1913 | ||||
U.S. Virgin Islands | Present | Introduced | 1882 | St. Thomas | |||
United States | Present | ||||||
-California | Present | Introduced | |||||
-District of Columbia | Present | Introduced | 1889 | At botanical garden | |||
-Florida | Present | Introduced | 1896 | ||||
-Hawaii | Present | Introduced | 1896 | ||||
-Maryland | Present | Introduced | 1896 | ||||
Oceania |
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Australia | Present | Introduced | 1843 | ||||
-Queensland | Present | Introduced | |||||
-South Australia | Present | ||||||
Cook Islands | Present | Introduced | 1899 | ||||
Federated States of Micronesia | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Pohnpei | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | Botanic garden | ||||
French Polynesia | Present | Introduced | 1769 | Society Islands | |||
Guam | Present | Introduced | |||||
Kiribati | Present | Introduced | |||||
Marshall Islands | Present | Introduced | |||||
Nauru | Present | Introduced | |||||
New Caledonia | Present | Introduced | |||||
New Zealand | Present | ||||||
Niue | Present | Introduced | |||||
Palau | Present | Introduced | |||||
Papua New Guinea | Present | Introduced | |||||
Samoa | Present | Introduced | |||||
Tonga | Present | Introduced | 1899 | ||||
South America |
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Argentina | Present | Introduced | Corrientes, Tucum?n | ||||
Bolivia | Present | Introduced | 1907 | ||||
Brazil | Present | ||||||
-Amazonas | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Distrito Federal | Present | ||||||
-Minas Gerais | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Parana | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Pernambuco | Present | Introduced | 1929 | ||||
-Rio de Janeiro | Present, Only in captivity/cultivation | Introduced | |||||
-Santa Catarina | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Sao Paulo | Present | Introduced | 1936 | ||||
Chile | Present | Introduced | 1922 | ||||
Colombia | Present | Introduced | 1919 | ||||
Ecuador | Present | Introduced | |||||
-Galapagos Islands | Present | Introduced | |||||
French Guiana | Present | Introduced | |||||
Guyana | Present | Introduced | 1921 | ||||
Peru | Present | Introduced | 1929 | ||||
Suriname | Present | Introduced | 1841 | ||||
Venezuela | Present | Introduced | 1893 |
Distribution Database Table
Top of pageDistribution References
CABI Data Mining, Undated. CAB Abstracts Data Mining.,
CABI, Undated. CABI Compendium: Status as determined by CABI editor. Wallingford, UK: CABI
Malaysia Biodiversity Information System, 2020. Malaysia Biodiversity Information System., Putrajaya, Malaysia: Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. https://www.mybis.gov.my/
Merveilleux Hibiscus, 2005. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis in Europe., http://merveilleux.hibiscus.free.fr/europe_gb.htm
Nepal Checklist, 2020. Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal., St Louis, Missouri; Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: Missouri Botanical Garden and Harvard University. http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=110
Uses List
Top of pageEnvironmental
- Agroforestry
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- Ornamental
Medicinal, pharmaceutical
- Traditional/folklore
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